ShantiS @mstdn.social Techie, entrepreneur with a background on all things data, fascinated with the democracy project, the immigrant experience, fabric arts and the written word.
@wolfpack86 @ajsadauskas you may not need a post office per se, but some of us need a service that helps you print documents (yes, unfortunately this is still required) and mail them.
@ajsadauskas @technology And don’t forget their enablers - the investors who pour in billions of dollars of other people’s money, the marketeers who hype these “disruptive” technologies and the copycats who naively follow them. “Disrupter” used to be a bad word - how that became a badge of honor is another of Silicon Valley’s mysteries. #disruptors #SiliconValley
@grue I’m not sure about the 80%. I suspect this includes “sub-urban” (where I live). Suburbanites usually do not have work/shopping in walking distance.
@grue @ajsadauskas Eliminating cars is perhaps possible in large cities, with neighborhoods that are self-sufficient (work and shopping need to be walkable). For most of America, alas, that will never happen. #ClimateChange